Hi Tom,

I'm way over here in Singapore Two very nice Indonesian islands nearby are Batam and Bintan, which are each about 45 mins ferry-ride away, and I believe both of them have some nice golf courses

Wow I'm so excited! I managed to hit some pretty decent shots last night at the range. I just realised I have been using a terrible death grip on my clubs all this while, causing blisters and poor distance. Last night I was too tired so I tried a swing where I was hardly gripping the club, and boy did the ball fly! Oh well ok not exactly, but previously I was only able to hit something like 80yds with my 7 iron (and that was by really hurting my body!). But last night, with that relaxed grip and a "brainless" swing of the club, it hit the ball square and it went straight and even up to 100yds! (Sorry distances are estimates because I have to convert from metres to yards heh)

Too bad I was really too tired, and only had like 20 balls left.. Will give me body some time to rest, and hopefully will be able to duplicate those relaxed shots again this Friday. What really surprised me was that I realised I didn't even need to torture my body and hands, but was able to hit much further than before!

I basically tried to keep a few things in mind last night.. Head still, right wrist cupped (waiter style), downswing with the hip instead of hand first... And from there I didn't even have to concentrate so hard on hitting the ball per se, but just let the downswing take care of it!

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